tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post2993142081876966027..comments2024-03-29T03:04:00.853-05:00Comments on Wuthering <br>Expectations: Electra by Euripides - Thus it is always toldAmateur Reader (Tom)http://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-29666556003208207002022-08-24T21:37:06.719-05:002022-08-24T21:37:06.719-05:00Oh no, don't join Twitter without a truly good...Oh no, don't join Twitter without a truly good excuse! Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-59454582096723757982022-08-23T16:40:39.665-05:002022-08-23T16:40:39.665-05:00I appreciate the kind words! I probably have too m...I appreciate the kind words! I probably have too many ways to waste time on the internet already to join Twitter, but maybe someday. Anyway, having a place to think through these strange texts is its own reward.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-36253295888848813122022-08-19T10:22:02.146-05:002022-08-19T10:22:02.146-05:00I think that is a good part of my enjoyment of Eur...I think that is a good part of my enjoyment of Euripides, that he has a more humanist, less mythic or heroic conception of his characters. He wrote a different kind of play, maybe several different kinds.<br /><br />I wish I could direct your comments to Twitter. They might recruit some readers. I always get something new from your remarks.Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-24344335027414801382022-08-18T18:25:11.520-05:002022-08-18T18:25:11.520-05:00I think this is an improvement over the previous v...I think this is an improvement over the previous versions of this story we've read, in part because of the characterization, particularly Electra. She's incredibly petty here - accusing both Clytemnestra and Aegisthus of too much vanity in their appearance, insisting to Aegisthus's corpse that Clytemnestra was probably cheating on him, and complaining that the murder of her father meant that Castor stopped courting her. Also, unlike in The Libation Bearers or Sophocles' Electra, she actually gets to do something here, participating in the murder of Clytemnestra. And yes, I liked Clytemnestra and Aegisthus here too.<br /><br />I also liked Electra's husband, who reminded me of Gabriel Oak of Far From The Madding Crowd and came across as the one fully decent character in the play. I'm glad Castor said that he'd get to go with Electra and Pylades at the end and become a rich man.<br /><br />The parody of the recognition scene is a lot of fun, and I like how no attempt is made to explain why Orestes conceals his identity from Electra for as long as he does. I guess he's just trying to be dramatic.dollymixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01613395912383039465noreply@blogger.com